SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1986
FULL MILITARY HONOURS FOR SIR EDWARD YOUDE
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A FUNERAL SERVICE, WITH FULL MILITARY HONOURS, WILL BE HELD FOR THE LATE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, ON TUESDAY (DECEMBER 9).
THE CEREMONY WILL START WITH SIR EDWARD'S COFFIN BEING DRIVEN TO ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON A CARRIAGE, ESCORTED BY A CEREMONIAL PROCESSION COMMANDED BY COMMANDER GURKHA FIELD FORCE, BRIGADIER RAY PETT.
BEFORE THE COFFIN IS PLACED ON THE CARRIAGE. THERE WILL BE A FLYPAST BY AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE. THE ARMY AIR CORPS. AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG AUXILIARY AIR FORCE AT 10.28 AM. A 17-GUN SALUTE WILL BE FIRED AT HMS TAMAR.
THE CEREMONIAL PROCESSION WILL MOVE FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE TO THE CATHEDRAL VIA UPPER ALBERT ROAD, LOWER ALBERT ROAD, AND THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES CARPARK. THE ROUTE WILL BE LINED BY ABOUT 1 000 POLICE OFFICERS.
LEADING THE PROCESSION WILL BE A DETACHMENT OF ABOUT 500 MEN FROM THE ROYAL NAVY, THE ROYAL MARINES, THE 1ST BATTALION COLDSTREAM GUARDS, THE 1ST BATTALION 2ND KING EDWARD VII'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES, THE 10TH PRINCESS MARY'S OWN GURKHA RIFLES AND THE BAND OF THE ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE.
BEHIND THEM WILL BE THE CARRIAGE, WHICH WILL BE FLANKED BY 16 PALL-BEARERS AND EIGHT COFFIN BEARERS DRAWN FROM THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.
THE 16 PALL BEARERS WILL BE THE CHIEF JUSTICE, SIR DENYS ROBERTS, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR GENERAL ANTHONY BOAMI THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR PIERS JACOBS; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, MR MICHAEL THOMAS, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, MR OSWALD CHEUNG SIR MICHAEL SANDBERG, MR Q.W. LEE, MR S. L. CHEN, MR ERIC HO MR DONALD LIAOJ MR ALLEN LEE, MR PETER C. WONG, DR CHIU HING-KWONG DR DANIEL TSE AND SIR ROGER LOBO.
THEY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE INSIGNIA BEARERS, WHO WILL INCLUDE THE PRIVATE SECRETARY, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MR RICHARD HOARE THE GOVERNOR'S ADC, SUPERINTENDENT PAUL COLLIER, AND
A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE ROYAL NAVY.
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